{"product_id":"pioneer-prophetess","title":"Pioneer Prophetess","description":"\u003cp\u003eAt the age of twenty-four, the Rhode Island Quaker Jemima Wilkinson (1752-1819) recovered from a bout of fever with the pronouncement that she had been directed by a vision to preach to a \"dying and sinful world.\" Announcing that Jemima had died and that her body now housed a new spirit, the Publick Universal Friend, this remarkably charismatic—and notably scandal-plagued—woman gathered several hundred followers and settled to the west of Seneca Lake. Although the religious community she founded on a framework of abstinence and friendship did not long survive her, Wilkinson remains a figure of fascination and mystery to this day. Herbert A. Wisbey Jr.'s 1964 biography is the authoritative account of her life, times, and ideals.\u003c\/p\u003e\n","brand":"Herbert A. Wisbey","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43571827736758,"sku":"9780801404597","price":47.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0251\/4980\/0541\/files\/9780801404597_e5896a5d-68a2-4379-a8f2-c6097604bac5.jpg?v=1725625723","url":"https:\/\/combined-academic.myshopify.com\/products\/pioneer-prophetess","provider":"Combined Academic Publishers - Mare Nostrum Group","version":"1.0","type":"link"}